Quae, simul aetherios animo conceperat ignes, 5 10 15 20 Sed deus; offenso pulsus es urbe deo.1 Non meriti poenam pateris, sed Numinis iram. Est aliquid magnis crimen abesse malis. Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo. Nec tamen ut primus maere, mala talia passus: Obruit ingentes ista procella viros. Passus idem, Tyriis qui quondam pulsus ab oris, Cadmus, in Aonia constitit exul humo. Passus idem Tydeus, et idem Pagasaeus Iason: 2 quos praeterea longa referre mora est. Omne solum forti patria est, ut piscibus aequor; 25 Ut volucri, vacuo quidquid in orbe patet. Nec fera tempestas toto tamen horret in anno; Et tibi (crede mihi) tempora veris erunt." Vocibus Evander firmata mente parentis Nave secat fluctus, Hesperiamque tenet. 30 was a town of Thessaly. Below, A prophecy of Carmentis. 10 5 Dique petitorum, dixit, salvete locorum; 10 15 Jam pius Aeneas sacra, et, sacra altera, patrem Et penes Augustos patriae tutela manebit. Hanc fas imperii fraena tenere domum. Inde nepos, natusque dei 2 (licet ipse recuset) Pondera caelesti mente paterna feret. Utque ego perpetuis olim sacrabor in aris; Sic Augusta novum Julia numen erit. 20 25. The death of Romulus. Jam Pater armipotens, postquam nova moenia vidit, 1 Iliacos... deos. Apparently the Palladium ("Signum Caeleste Minervae," Ovid, Fasti. vi. 421) transferred from Troy to Rome, and kept in the temple of Vesta. It was not brought, however, by Aeneas; nor did Anchises ever reach Italy, for he died on the journey. Below, "idem " is probably Augustus, who was Pontifex Maximus, and is the "ipso deo" of the next line. 2 Nepos, natusque dei. Tiberius, adopted son of Augustus, and so 5 Juppiter annuerat: nutu tremefactus uterque Sol fugit, et removent subeuntia nubila caelum ; 10 20 Hinc tonat, hinc missis abrumpitur ignibus aether. 15 num; Et patrias artes militiamque colant." Jussit; et in tenues oculis evanuit auras. 1 Capreae, etc. This was a swampy piece of ground in the Campus Martius. Below, on "patriis equis," Gierig aptly quotes Hor. Carm. iii. 3, 15: "Hac Quirinus Martis equis Acheronta fugit." As no one saw Romulus taken up to the gods, the senators were accused of having made away with him. Humano major. "Of superhuman size." Below, for "patrias 25 30 artes," cf. Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome (Prophecy of Capys, xxi.): "Thine, Roman, is the pilum, Roman, the sword is thine, 66 3 Certi...dies. The Quirinalia were fixed for the 17th February, and sacra paterna means "the founder's rites; " Romulus being the founder of Rome, Numa, King of Rome. Vallis Aricinae,1 silva praecinctus opaca, Hic latet Hippolytus, furiis direptus equorum; 2 Licia dependent, longas velantia sepes; 5 10 Et posita est meritae multa tabella deae. Saepe potens voti,3 frontem redimita coronis, Femina lucentes portat ab Urbe faces. Regna tenent fortesque manu, pedibusque fugaces Et perit exemplo postmodo quisque suo. Defluit incerto lapidosus murmure rivus; Saepe sed exiguis haustibus, inde bibes. Egeria est, quae praebet aquas, dea grata Camenis: Illa Numae conjunx consiliumque fuit. Principio nimium promptos ad bella Quirites Molliri placuit jure, deûmque metu, Inde datae leges, ne firmior 5 omnia posset; Coeptaque sunt pure tradita sacra coli. Exuitur feritas, armisque potentius aequum est; Et cum cive pudet conseruisse manus. 15 20 away slave, who had killed his Those trees in whose dim shadow The ghastly priest doth reignThe priest who slew the slayer, And shall himself be slain." Below, "consilium" is "counsellor, adviser." Compare our use of "counsel" for a barrister. 5 Ne firmior, etc. To prevent might being all powerful; to prevent the stronger from doing anything he pleased, |